Real Estate

February 17, 2016 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land is a debt-based crowdfunding platform that has generated solid success by allowing accredited investors to invest in smaller real estate projects.  The company has registered several “firsts” including the first online lender to prefund all loans, as well as offering truly secured… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Zoopla (LSE:ZPLA) has invested an undisclosed sum in peer to peer mortgage lender Landbay.  The announcement was revealed in a corporate filing by Zoopla as well as a statement on the Landbay site.  Zoopla also announced partnership/investments in PropertyDetective, FixFlo and Trussle, each representing an important vertical… Read More

February 15, 2016 @ 4:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, a leading real estate crowdfunding platform, stunned investors and supporters alike with a filing posted to the SEC that indicated Michael S. McCord, CFO of Fundrise, had been terminated for allegations of extortion. The statement filed with the SEC said; Strategic Investors & Advisors… Read More

February 15, 2016 @ 1:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer (marketplace) lending is poised to supplant all types of debt markets. While many platforms have focused on the low hanging fruit of providing consumer credit, online lending will someday soon be the norm across many verticals.  In the UK, the mortgage market… Read More

February 12, 2016 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets (NSX code: CAX), a Singapore based crowdfunding platform, has announced the appointment of two new directors that will be joining the young company in the coming weeks. CoAssets became a publicly traded company last year establishing itself as the first real estate platform to… Read More

February 10, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, real estate crowdfunding marketplace, Patch of Land, announced an East Coast Credit fund has signed an agreement to purchase loans in a “forward flow arrangement”. This commitment will put $250 million towards the platform’s investments. According to the website, the involvment of the… Read More

February 8, 2016 @ 10:33 am By Therese Torris  |  

Real estate crowdfunding started late in 2014 in France. But, hardly a year later, it is going strong with 26 platforms vying for a share of the market. However, as crowdfunding moves from real estate development to buy-to-let projects, new platforms are encountering some resistance… Read More

February 7, 2016 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Origin Capital announced it’s new real estate crowdfunding platform in September of 2015. Origin is a real estate investment management firm with approximately $500 million of real estate under management.  At the time of the announcement, Origin stated they wanted to facilitate far greater access for… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced that it has hit a new milestone. The portal revealed that it returned over $5 million of capital to investors during 2015’s calendar year. Founder and CEO of iFunding, William Skelley, shared: “The entire team is excited… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, iFunding, announced on Wednesday it has hired Daniel Drew as Vice President and Head of Real Estate. He will be in charge of expanding the organization’s business development and platform offerings for investors and institutions. Drew  joins the iFunding team from… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, real estate crowdfunding platform, Wealth Migrate, announced it has closed a $13.1 million two-phase deal for the acquisition of two Atlanta medical office buildings  This deal marks the third of the portal’s medical property deals in the city. Wealth Migrate CEO of Global… Read More